Woolley's cruelty made Cleo's heart palpitate. For a moment, she felt guilty towards these soldiers because she was the one who brought them here. Otherwise, they would not have died.

But Wu Lai still had no intention of stopping his "cruel behavior". He ignored Cleo's surprise and fear, and didn't even look at Shelley. He seemed to have forgotten that Shelley was still being held hostage by Cleo. Or maybe he thought that killing those Tianjue soldiers who were still struggling and groaning in a pool of blood was more worthy of his attention...

Every time Wu Lai swung the sword in his hand, Cleo's heart would twitch involuntarily, because when the sword fell, it would inevitably take away a life, and sometimes it would even cut off an arm that was trying to block it.

When rushing into the house and killing the soldiers whose ankles were cut, Wu Lai saw Yun Jila's body. It seemed that he was strangled and stuffed into the closet with the hiding soldiers. When the ambushing soldiers rushed out, he was also taken out.

When he saw this small corpse, all the strength in Wu Lai's body seemed to be drained away in an instant, making him feel extremely tired, as if the big sword in his hand, which was still dripping with blood, weighed more than a thousand pounds, so heavy that he was unable to grasp it.

Why is this happening? Wu Lai closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and turned around.

In the yard, Cleo had dragged Shelley to the gate. The dagger in her hand was pressed tightly against Shelley's neck. The violent vibration of the blade had cut a bloody mark on Shelley's white neck. At this moment, a drop of blood was slowly flowing out...

When walking back to the yard, Wu Lai's eyes finally fell on the two of them.

"Wuliglindo, if you dare to move, I will kill her." Cleo calmed down because she had already thought of a plan - it was about to get dark, and when it was completely dark, she could stab Shelley in the back with a sword, then kick her towards Wulai, and at the same time, turn around and run away quickly.

Cleo believed that Woolley would prioritize rescuing Shelley before chasing after her. She was confident that she could avoid Woolley's pursuit under the cover of night. After all, he would set out a little later than her.

Cleo had even planned the strength and location of the stab, because she couldn't kill Shelley at once, otherwise she wouldn't be able to buy herself time. She also couldn't let Shelley faint from the pain all of a sudden, because then Wu Lai might think Shelley had been killed.

Of course, she knew that a horizontal cut would be more effective than a stabbing, but she was not willing to do so.

She carefully shrank behind Shelley, grabbed Shelley's belt with her left hand, and put her right hand around Shelley's shoulders, placing the dagger against the left side of Shelley's neck.

"Bang." Wu Lai dropped the sword in his hand, took two slow steps forward, picked up his longbow from beside a corpse, pulled out the last feather arrow from the leather quiver with his backhand, put the arrow on it, and drew the bow.

"Let her go, and I'll let you die quickly." When the arrow was aimed at Cleo, Wu Lai narrowed his eyes and said.

"I said, don't move, stop!" Cleo roared.

Wu Lai stretched his bow a little further: "Let her go."

"Don't even think about it! Stop! Put down your weapons! Put down your weapons!" Cleo screamed.

"Don't be so delusional!" Wu Lai said sternly, "You are holding my woman in your hand, and you still expect me to lay down my weapon! You are dreaming! She is my woman! Since the day she followed me, she has been prepared to face the most difficult and difficult situations! Cleo, if you dare to hurt her, I will kill you!"

Cleo frowned and involuntarily pulled Shelley back a step.

"Shelley!" Woolley shouted again, "Stand up straight! Even if you have to die, you must show this evil woman favored by God what nobility is!"

Even though there was a dagger against her neck, Shelley still struggled to nod and straighten her chest. If she was still a little worried and scared when Cleo restrained her at noon, now she was completely relieved - not only did Wu Lai come back, he also killed those soldiers like chopping melons and vegetables. As long as he was safe and sound, what else mattered?

"Shelley, don't worry, if she hurts you, I will chop off her head to avenge you! No, I will cut off her ankles first!" Wu Lai said loudly, and suddenly grinned.

His smile made Shelley feel at ease and happy, but also made Cleo's heart throb. So she took another step back, and was about to retreat to the steps of the courtyard gate, but in the next moment, her left ankle suddenly hurt...

Not good! Cleo's body trembled, and she subconsciously turned her head in pain. She glanced around and saw a little girl about ten years old staring at her stubbornly one step away. In her right hand, she held a small dagger that shone with cold light.

"Bastard!" Cleo cursed angrily, and then swung her dagger and stabbed Yun Leya like lightning.

At the same time, Shelley jerked his body to the right...

"Bang hum", the bowstring sounds...

"Swoosh", Wu Lai's last feather arrow flew out rapidly...

"Puff", Cleo's dagger cut off Yun Leya's small neck fiercely, followed by another "puff" sound, Cleo's body paused, and her left shoulder was pierced by a feather arrow.

As Yun Leiya's body slowly fell, Wu Lai rushed to Cleo's side and strangled the evil woman's neck with a swing of his bow. Then, he fiercely pulled out the feather arrow on Cleo's left shoulder and stabbed her frantically...

…

More than ten days later, in the early morning, in the golden-roofed tent of the Tianjuan Central Army Camp in Baidun Mountain, Helen sat upright. Ten steps in front of her, dozens of civil and military officials were divided into two groups and lined up on the left and right. Another official was kneeling on the ground to report on matters.

"Your Majesty, General Cleo has been killed, her body is covered with wounds, and none of her guards survived..." The official who reported the search process repeated it, and then added, "There were some bloody words written on the wall of the courtyard, and the soldiers who were searching wrote them down."

After that, the official presented the transcript in his hand. A female official took it and presented it to Helen respectfully.

As a result, Helen frowned as she unfolded the paper and took a glance at it. There was an Assyrian sentence copied on the paper - the murderer, the Assyrian Wuleglindo.

As she slowly clenched the ball of paper, a cold light kept flickering in Helen's red eyes.

Rest in peace, little aunt. I will definitely avenge you. Helen said in her heart, and waved her sleeves: "Pass on my order, block all the important roads, and do everything possible to capture Wulaglindo. Once found, you must catch him alive. I will tear him into pieces!"

Everyone in the tent immediately responded and accepted the order.

"Your Majesty." A general stepped out of the stage, leaned forward, knelt on one knee, and held up a stack of letters. "The messengers have all replied."

Helen nodded slightly, and the female official beside her immediately said loudly: "Present it!"

…

After several months of hard work, his troop strength in Huokou Camp exceeded 37,000 people, with ample weapons and armor in the warehouse, and food reserves to ensure a six-month reserve at all times.

But these still did not make Howell feel safe.

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He wondered why he had such a feeling. Logically, he shouldn't have to worry about anything. The enemy in front of him had been quiet for months except for training, building fortifications and reinforcing camps. In the rear, he had the entire Mondo Woye Army backing him up. It was no exaggeration to say that his Woye Army was the most generous of the frontline troops - on the battlefield, wealth often represented safety and victory.

That morning, Howell climbed up the fence wall as usual to look at the enemy camp, but as soon as his eyes fell on the platform halfway up the slope, a sense of uneasiness suddenly arose in his heart.

This circular platform was built the day before yesterday, and it took the enemy nearly three months to build. Howell thought it was built by the enemy to facilitate the gathering of troops, but now it seems that is not the case, because there is a row of "small trebuchets" on the platform, not many, only eight.

This made Howell feel more at ease, because eight small-sized catapults like these could not form a decent attack or suppression, and at best they could only create some harassment.

"I'm just scaring myself." Howell smiled bitterly and shook his head, waving to the deputy general beside him, "Prepare for battle!" It's time to prepare for battle, because the enemy camp is gathering troops.

"Yes!" A hint of joy flashed across the deputy general's face as he puffed out his chest in response. After all, he had been feeling depressed for too long, and if he didn't fight a battle, his elbows would probably become rusty.

A moment later, the sound of horns spread throughout the Woye military camp.

At the same time, Sein, who was observing the gap in the protective wall from an arrow tower in the Shitan camp, smiled slightly, raised his arm, and clenched his fist.

"Whoosh, whoosh" the two flag signal soldiers beside him shook the big flags in their hands at the same time, pointing diagonally towards the gap.

"Attack!" Ten of Saiyin's lieutenants drew their swords at the same time...

…

The chaos in the Hurriyet territory made Trajan the leader, which even Trajan himself was helpless about. Half of the territory fell, White Shield Mountain was lost, and the highest commanders of the territory were either dead or surrendered. Now only Trajan had the longest seniority, the highest prestige and the most power to convince the people. If he did not stand up and raise this banner and wave it, more people might surrender to Tianjuan. Nine days ago, 60% of the soldiers of the Sixth Legion surrendered the city to Tianjuan, which undoubtedly made the already shaky Hurriyet territory even worse.

In desperation, Trajan had to order the Second and Seventh Legions to shrink the defense circle, and he led the center and right armies of the First Legion, part of the Sixth Legion and more than 10,000 Kimos to reinforce and attack the Fourth and Eighth Legions in Honggu Bay.

He knew very well that the Tianjuan Army, after incorporating the rebels, now had an absolute advantage. As long as the other side was willing to fight a decisive battle, they would be able to completely disperse the Hurlit Army within three to six months - disperse it rather than defeat it, because as long as he, Trajan, and the First Legion were there, the Hurlit Army could not be defeated.

The fact that the Tianjuan army was slow to move also made Trajan understand the other side's intention - the Tianjuan people wanted to take advantage of the situation. The Tianjuan queen cut off the food supply of the Hurrian army, while gathering troops and building momentum in an attempt to win without fighting. On the other hand, the Tianjuan army was approaching step by step, but they also wanted to drive all the Hurrian troops into the Assyrian Valley.

But what can they do even though they know this? Gathering the army to defend two or three cities is undoubtedly a death wish. Instead of doing this, it is better to deploy defenses near the remaining cities. On the one hand, the attack and defense will be flexible, and on the other hand, it will not bring too much danger to the people in the city. This is how Trajan temporarily arranged the Second and Seventh Legions.

But Trajan knew that this was only temporary. Although only half of the Hurlit territory had been occupied, the remaining area was completely defenseless. Therefore, breaking through the Assyrian defense line became the only way out that the Hurlit army had to admit. Because once the Red Valley Bay Fortress was broken through, the remaining 200,000 Hurlit and Kimo troops could be divided into three groups, occupying Seneca, conquering Menia, and rushing to the Katilina grassland to conquer Katil City. After occupying these three cities, the rear team could carry a large number of Hurlit people who were unwilling to be loyal to Emperor Tianjuan across the Assyrian Gorge and enter the Assyrian territory...

By then, the Hongguwan Fortress will become the First Legion's fortress against the Tianjuan Army, and the hilly terrain of Menia City will become the best line of defense for the Second and Seventh Legions to block the Assyrian Army. In other words, the Hurrians and Assyrians will start a new round of protracted confrontation on Assyrian territory.

Although Trajan was unwilling to see such a result, it would undoubtedly allow the Hurrians to retain as many troops and population as possible, and of course, to preserve the hope of reviving the Hurrian territory...

Why did it become like this? If we hadn't planned this war that took away the main force of the Kimo people, perhaps it wouldn't be so easy for the Tianjuan people to succeed. But is it really so? - At this moment, Trajan frowned deeply.

"General, there is urgent news from the left army!" The report from outside the tent interrupted Trajan's thoughts.

"Come in!" Trajan narrowed his eyes.